Veneer



(No Model.)

F, MANKEY.

VENBER.

No. 351,116. Patented Oct. 19, 1886-.

Ely. 3.

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

FREDERICK MANKEY, OF VILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

VENEER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,116l dated Qctober19, 1886.

Application filed August Q5, 1855. Serial No. 175.287. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatv I, FREDERICK MANKEY, of WVilliamsport, Lycomingcounty, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inVeneers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a veneer or thin sheet of wood designed for thepurpose to which veneers are ordinarily applied, but novel in that ithas upon its surface and integral therewith raised portions orelevations eX- tending transversely across the grain of the Wood.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a board or planksuitably cut for the production of my improved veneers. Fig. 2 is aperspective View of a veneer. Fig. represents a veneer applied to thecurved surface of a bracket, in section; and Fig. 4 is a front View ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

In producing my improved veneers I form, preferably upon both surfacesof a thin board or plank, and by the action of rotary cutters, a seriesof ridges or projections, A, running crosswise to the general directionofthe grain, and, preferably, at right angles thereto, as shown in Fig.l. This done, I divide said board lengthwise into two thin sheets by anysuitable cutting blade or saw, thus producing two sheets of veneer, eachsimilar to that shown in Fig. 2. A veneer thus formed has its grainrunning transversely to the direction of the ridges or projections;hence it may be readily bent around curved surfaces, to which it isattached by glue or cement, in the ordinary Way. Such a curved body,with Veneer B thereon, is shown in the bracket represented in Figs. 3and 4.

By means of this veneer objects may be ornainented so as to present theappearance of having carved or molded surfaces with depressionsandprojections, the character of the design of which can, of course, bevaried by changing the form and arrangement of the transverse cuttingaccording to fancy; but the variations may be comprised under thegeneral term of surface cross-cutting.7

I do not in this present application claim u the processes which I haveabove described for making the improved veneers, it being my intentionto file a separate application for such processes.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, a wood veneerhaving formed upon its surface and integral with its substance solidelevations or projections running transversely to the grain,substantially as described.

FREDERICK MANKEY.

sVitnesses:

ADDIsoN Gannon, GEO. L. SANnEasoN.

